Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou! (WN)

Episode 27: Audience with His Majesty.

"However, Wendelin is terrific. The first time I had an audience with His Majesty was about forty years before he beat the old fire dragon."

"Um, what should I be careful about?"

During the summer vacation period of the Adventurer Preparatory School, I was on my way to the royal capital on a magical airship to attend the wedding of my best friend Erich.

Blanták, who declared himself as a guardian to me and Elle who accompanied me for the tour of the royal city, said that the ancient dragon only had bones and magic stones that had already expired on their route and had expired. Encounter.

Despite the bones alone, the heavy appearance of the ancient dragon and the fact that the ancient dragon was undead despite its longevity has begun to flow in the ship.

Is that big dragon with only bones really an ancient dragon?

Is the ancient dragon undead in the first place?

Furthermore, do you come out of the realm and appear in the human territory?

After all, your opponent is an ancient dragon that lives for tens of thousands of years.

In recent years, since there were not too many witnesses, they were treated as half-fictional monsters, but according to scholars who are studying, it seems that ancient dragons are absolutely real.

It is rarely seen because the ancient dragon is a race close to the mid-spirit, etc., which is higher than the attribute dragon that Blanták also defeated.

They are so recessed that they just can't find humans.

"I'm a half-spirit. It's ferocious and undead. "

"I don't know even such a detailed situation."

I have a lot of questions, but I still can't escape from that forever, so I cooperate with Mr. Blantaq and succeed in memorializing the ancient dragon.

Speaking of the memorial service, the result is the same as extermination or defeat, but since the activity was stopped by purifying with the magic of the holy spirit, it would probably be within the memorial service from church officials.

The undead ancient dragon stops its activity due to the holy magic that I activated using a large amount of magic, and finally leaves bones and huge magic stones.

It's the same as a tiger leaving a fine skin, but the difference is that the garbage is a ridiculous price?

The material that can be obtained from the dragon's body is traded at a reasonable price, even from the small variety Wyvern.

Even better, if it were a large dragon called attributed species that Blantaak had defeated before, it is so valuable that it is said that there is no part that can not be used.

Blood, meat, skin, bones, and a huge magic stone that is incomparable to other demons.

It is said that if the material of the attribute dragon itself goes to the market even once every fifty years, it is said that it will be traded at a tremendous price.

I was listening to Mr. Arterio in the pick-up carriage.

I was greeted by a knight at the port dedicated to the Mage Airship, and shortly before I met Erich, who was supposed to be picked up, I was riding in a carriage that the knights were preparing with my accompanying Arterio.

Mr. Blantaq had left the port earlier due to errands, and unfortunately El were left at the port with the soldiers accompanied by the knights as an explanation to Erich.

Either way, Ell stays with Erich's house, including me, so I had to join him at will.

"But this time is an ancient dragon that has never been recorded in the past."

According to the story of Mr. Arterio who accompanies me, it was true that the ancient dragon existed, but since it is usually inside the territory of a demon that people can not enter, it actually looks like that No one has seen.

It is said that there are tens of thousands of years of life, and no one seems to know that it will die due to senility or become undead after death.

"So how could you identify that bone dragon as an ancient dragon?"

"It's the size of that skeleton and magic stone."

The bone dragon was over fifty meters long, even at a light estimate.

Even small Wyvern species grow in size, about 5 meters in length, and attribute species seem to be up to about 30 meters.

So, the existence of the bone dragon seemed difficult to explain without thinking of it as an ancient dragon.

"Well. Your Majesty, would you be an audience like me who got such a rare ancient dragon bone and magic stone?"

"Isn't this a bit sloppy?"

"What do you expect from the eighth son of a micro nobleman?"

"I don't think it's something like that."

My thoughts on the king were that much.

I have a feeling similar to what I think of the royal family in the previous life, and there is no anti-government philosophy, so there is no antipathy or willingness to overthrow, but I do not worship and support eagerly.

He was from a remote area in the South and had no contact at all, so he had no real feelings about the audience he was going to see.

The most accurate answer is that there are too many people on the cloud.

I feel nervous when I meet, so I hope I don't have to meet for a lifetime if possible.

"Sure, my father only had an audience when he inherited the title."

The ceremony of the medal by the change of the head is decided to be performed by the Majesty directly in the royal capital, even if the aristocrat is small.

So my father should have met the Majesty once, but it was really only once.

No way, even your Majesty doesn't remember one of the many knights.

Small nobles who live in remote areas like my father rarely go to the royal capital, and if they become kings of a nation, they will be busy in various ways.

"But, isn't it good for my busy Majesty?"

Inside, he was expecting the answer, "I don't need to meet again after all because I'm busy."

"Audience with Your Majesty takes time if you apply here. I'll wait at least a week."

Is it okay even if Mr. Arterio of the government and business class takes one week to have an audience with His Majesty, but can I have an audience right now?

Anxiety begins to swirl in my head.

"Don't worry. This audience was realized because He wanted himself."

The knight in gorgeous armor, who is guiding me and Mr. Arterio to the Royal Castle, begins explaining the circumstances of this audience.

"Wendelin defeated a legendary ancient dragon, which in turn protected a valuable national asset, a magical airship, along with all the passengers on board. There are also many noblemen and merchants in the country. Finally, we succeeded in obtaining the ancient dragon bone and huge magic stone.

I have an errand from Her Majesty, so I can see the audience right away.

The knight, who is very good in shape, is very close to His Majesty.

"So, Warren, the commander of the Knights of the Guards, came to see him soon."

"(It's good to be dressed, good to be able to do it without a chance. It was a great person.)

"Because Warren was born like a shaven. You are in this position solely because of your abilities."

The knight, who is more than 180 cm tall and painted like a blonde, blue eyes, and a handsome guy, is likely to be the third son of a lower-class Hoi noble family.

Just listening to my third son, I feel like I'm getting closer.

In this world, a strict line is drawn between the eldest son and non-elder son.

"You know well, Mr. Arterio"

"Well, Warren is also a disciple of Blantaq."

"Really?"

Not only my teacher but also the Knights of the Guards have disciples.

Blantaq's face seemed wider than expected.

"I'm a magician who can't use magic."

Thanks to Blantaq's guidance, I realized that Warren had more magical power than ordinary people.

However, with such a magical power, hitting several fireballs a day at best will end the game.

It will be one of the trump cards in battle, but it can be said that it is a magical power that can not be decided.

"Warren can't use magic."

To be precise, the correct answer seems to be that phenomena embodied by magic cannot be emitted to the outside.

Instead, Mr. Arterio says that he is a so-called magic knight, who uses his magic to strengthen his body and weapons and fights.

There are a certain number of swordsmen and martial artists who fight by strengthening their magic with their bodies, and their ability is overwhelming compared to those who have little magic.

A person who does not have much magical power can't cut a large rock into two pieces or break it into pieces with a mass-produced casting sword, no matter how much training they have.

Well, even ordinary people use a small amount of magical power that everyone has unconsciously to strengthen their body functions, so there is a difference between adults and children compared to ordinary people in the previous life.

"From Blanc-Taak, I learned how to control magic and save energy, and I was really taken care of it."

Indeed, I've heard that there are a certain number on the street, so you don't take the arrogant attitude that is often found in big nobles and their children.

I'm going to respond to such a child with a polite tone, but I'm still a commander of the Knights of the Guards, so I guess she'll be popular with women.

No, it's better to say earlier that you have high confidence from your Majesty.

"And I've only met Alfred once when I was a little older than Wendelin."

At that time, Mr. Blantark said, "I'm just my apprentice. She has been completely overtaken. "

"At that time, Alfred felt something that could not be imagined from his mild appearance. Is that a superb wizard?"

That's right, the teacher also looks gentle and looks only to a tall handsome brother.

However, it was a superb wizard.

It was a typical example of "people don't depend on appearance."

"However, I can feel the same feeling from Wendelin, even though it looks only to a growing boy who is still interested in the world."

"That's right, Wendelin has already surpassed Alfred for simple magic and maximum magical power."

Perhaps I was hearing from Blantark.

Mr. Arterio seemed to know my general ability now.

"I see, your Majesty wants to meet you directly."

The carriage that has left the harbor goes down the streets of the royal capital in the following order: downtown, townsfolk, commercial, industrial, and aristocratic.

Indeed, it was just the capital of a nation, and its size and number of people were not the same as in Breichburg.

"It is time to arrive at the Royal Castle."

The horse-drawn carriage arrives at the castle for about an hour.

"Large .... It's useless to compare with my parents' house, but much more than the house of Breichrader Margha ..."

If you look up at the castle, you arrive at the front gate, but since Warren was there, the gatekeeper passed through without even confirming our identity.

When you enter the inside of the castle, there are soldiers, knights, nobles, maids, etc. walking around here and doing some work.

The inside of the castle seemed to be full of energy.

I was just worried about paying attention to us.

"The story of the defeat of the ancient dragon has already spread throughout the royal capital, and one of the two who made it is still the 12-year-old Wendelin."

As Mr. Warren says, you may be worried that you are actually looking closely.

Somewhere, it feels like a panda at Ueno Zoo.

We were walking along the castle for a while, led by Warren, but finally arrived in front of the luxurious door at the destination.

It looks like this is during the audience.

"Since your Majesty is friendly, there is no problem as long as you keep the minimum courtesy."

"Blantaq asked me to follow that, but I don't need to worry about Wendelin."

Mr. Arterio said so far, the luxurious door in front of him opened, and in front of his sight, he could see a red carpeted floor and a man sitting on a raised throne.

And on both sides, we could see more than a dozen security knights and a few high-ranking aristocrats.

"Defeat the ancient dragons and represent Vendelín von Benno Baumeister and Blanta k Ringstadt.

As we saw in the movie a long time ago, while approaching the voice of an official who reads our entrance loudly, we approach Warren's guidance to a position about three meters from the throne.

Warren then returned to the position where the side knights were standing, leaving only me and Arterio behind.

I forgot what to do with nervousness, but soon Artero knelt down and bowed down, so I imitated it and got nothing.

"Sudden calls would have been tough. Raise your head."

When His Majesty said so, he raised his head and saw a beautiful middle-aged man with a noble face that looked around 40 years old smiling.

After all, the royal family seems to have many beautiful girls by promise.

Your Majesty must have been motivated by women when you were young.

I feel like I'm just saying something because I don't have the mote

In short, a handsome guy is an enemy.

Except for Erich.

"I'll introduce you again, but this is Helmut 37th King of Helmut."

"My name is Wenderin von Benno Baumeister"

"Hmm, again you look really young. How old have you been?"

"Yes, twelve years old."

Thus, the audience between me and His Majesty began.